Jeanne Lambrew

1 month ago | tcf.org | Jeanne Lambrew

The latest version of the GOP budget bill in the House of Representatives, which President Trump has endorsed, seeks $880 billion over ten years in

Jan 13, 2025 | tcf.org | Jamila Taylor |Anna Bernstein |Jeanne Lambrew |Lea Woods

The incoming Trump administration and Congress have foreshadowed large spending cuts to Medicaid spending as part of an even larger budget bill to fund a major tax cut. Given the complicated budget process, members of Congress may vote on the target for Medicaid spending reductions before specifying policies to meet that target. This process of “numbers first” makes it challenging to appreciate their magnitude.

Jan 13, 2025 | tcf.org | Jeanne Lambrew |Thomas Waldrop |Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan |Zack DiGregorio

In the coming weeks, the incoming Trump administration and Congress will debate a ten-year budget resolution that likely includes large Medicaid spending reductions. TCF’s analysis shows…. Targets of cutting $100 billion in the Medicaid budget equals the coverage cost of 3.7 million children, or the total number of babies born in the U.S. each year.

Sep 9, 2024 | thehill.com | Jeanne Lambrew

A controversial analysis authored by a long-time critic of the Affordable Care Act claims that a policy that expanded and improved Health Insurance Marketplace premium tax credits for 20 million Americans should be discontinued due to fraud. Fraudulent insurance enrollment by some insurance companies and their agents should be — and is being — targeted by the administration and Congress.

Jul 24, 2023 | mainebiz.biz | Jeanne Lambrew

Now that the pandemic is over, changes are coming to MaineCare, Maine’s Medicaid program, and we want to help employers prepare. For the past few years, the federal government directed Maine and other states to temporarily suspend Medicaid eligibility reviews to keep people covered during the pandemic, even if their circumstances changed during that period. Enrollment in MaineCare swelled to over 400,000.